USCPFA-Atlanta Spring Forum 2013

 "China's New Leadership: Policies and Goals as Seen in the National Peoples Congress Meeting of March 5-9, 2013"

Sunday March 17, 2013 

Time: 4:30 p.m.

 

Featuring Yawei Liu: Director of the Carter Center China Program and Thomas Remington: Goodrich White Professor of Political Science at Emory University

  

Agnes Scott College: Teasley Lecture Hall in the Mary Brown Bullock Science Center. E. Dougherty St. Decatur, GA 30030

Follow the signs that say "US-China Special Event.
For more information email - shkkse@yahoo.com    

Lecture at GSU by Eminent China Scholar

Andrew Wedeman PhD

"Double Paradox: Rising Corruption and Rapid Growth in China"

Andrew Wedeman, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, GSU

Friday, February 15, 2013 2:00-4:00pm  Georgia State University, Troy Moore Library, General Classroom Building

Dr. Andrew Wedeman is one of the world's foremost authorities on corruption in China. For this talk, he will present finding from his acclaimed book "Double Paradox" which analyzes why the Chinese economy has continued to grow at a staggering rate even as corruption worsens. Using date from a wide range of sources, Wedeman argues that the Chinese paradox of growth with corruption is a combination of timing, the nature of economic reforms, and the Party's willingness to combat corruption.

Sponsored by the Asian Studies Center of GSU, the Department of Political Science GSU and the Asian Studies Club of GSU.

Chinese Film At AMC North Dekalb Mall

"LOST IN THAILAND"

Opening 2/8/13

Rating: NR (treat as PG-13)
Genre: Comedy Runtime: 105 minutes

Stars: Hong Tao and Bingbing Fan

Synopsis: Two Chinese colleagues racing to find their boss at a remote monastery in Thailand, battling bad traffic, gangsters, a snake, a kickboxer and, most important, each other, all in an effort to win the rights to an improbable invention: Super Gas, a liquid that turns a little bit of gasoline into a lot.

This film was a surprise hit in China, outselling Avatar and Transformers 3.

Film shown in Chinese with English subtitles. 
Runs through 2/14/13.
For showtimes and directions follow this link to AMC.